Clydeen Mc Don­ald

Last-minute me­chan­i­cal prob­lems robbed team An­a­bol­ic of a de­but at the 2008 Carib Great Race. How­ev­er, the team of Ja­son Laing and Don­ald Web­ster are ready to vie for top ho­n­ours in the C Class. Web­ster, the team's throt­tle­man is no stranger to the event, hav­ing raced in boats such as Cas­trol X and Sug­ar Stick. Laing is new, with on­ly two com­pet­i­tive re­gat­tas un­der his belt.

De­spite his in­ex­pe­ri­ence, Laing was con­fi­dent when speak­ing to the Guardian yes­ter­day. He said: "I think we have a good chance on race day. Many peo­ple will look at me as be­ing in­ex­pe­ri­enced when it comes to the Great Race, but I am fa­mil­iar with the course. We have had sev­er­al prac­tice runs over the last few months and that makes me feel sure that we can pro­duce good re­sults."

An­a­bol­ic has a 32-foot Doug Wright haul which is six feet short­er than most of the boats in its class but ac­cord­ing to Laing, this will on­ly be a fac­tor if there is bad weath­er on race day. "The boat is a bit small­er than oth­er boats in the class. That is both an ad­van­tage and dis­ad­van­tage. We are a bit faster than oth­er boats but if we have bad weath­er, we could have prob­lems in the "Bo­cas." An­a­bol­ic, which is in the same class with Rush and Rage, is pow­ered by two Mer­cury 280 Rac­ing 2.5 EFI OFF­SHORE en­gines, giv­ing the boat a to­tal horse pow­er of 560.

Team

Dri­ver: Ja­son Laing

Throt­tle: Don­ald Web­ster

Boat: 32-foot Doug Wright

En­gines: 2 Mer­cury 280 Rac­ing 2.5 EFI OFF­SHORE

To­tal HP: 560 horse pow­er

Spon­sors

Tradewinds Ho­tel, Puff N' Stuff, Para­mount, Cas­trol

Di­ary of Events

Au­gust 16–Scu­ti­neer­ing

Au­gust 26–Last Day for En­tries, Spon­sors and Rac­ers meet and greet TTYC

Au­gust 29–Race Day